Happy Birthday Chris....a really great chanter! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUYi83zDwOw
On Saturday, October 13, 2012 4:39:26 PM UTC+1, Eidem wrote: > October 13 Born – > Ray Brown (1926) – Jazz bassist with Oscar Peterson. > Bruce “Cousin Brucie” Morrow (1935) – renowned New York DJ. > Chris Farlowe (aka John Deighton, 1940) – British singer (“Out Of > Time”). > Pharoah Sanders (1940) – Jazz saxophonist. > Paul Simon (1941) > Neil Aspinall (1941) – roadie for The Beatles. > Robert Lamm (1944) – keyboardist/vocalist for Chicago. > Dorothy Moore (1946) – R&B singer (“Misty Blue”). > Lacy J. Dalton (aka Jill Byrem, 1946) – Country singer/songwriter. > Sammy Hagar (1947) > John Ford Coley (1948) – England Dan & John Ford Coley. > Pete Spencer (1948) – drummer for Smokie. > Simon Nicol (1950) – guitarist for Fairport Convention. > Marie Osmond (1959) > Joey Belladonna (aka Joseph Bellardini, 1960) – vocalist for Anthrax. > > October 13 R.I.P. – > Ed Sullivan (1974) – cancer. Age 73. Entertainment writer, variety > show host. > Shirley Brickley (1977) – murdered by an intruder. Age 32. The Orlons. > Wade Flemons (1993) – cancer. Age 53. Vocalist for Earth, Wind & Fire. > Craig “Butch” Atkinson (1998) – complications from surgery. Age 50. > Drummer for The Count Five. > Peter Doyle (2001) – throat cancer. Age 52. The New Seekers. > Tom Dawes (2007) – stroke. Age 64. Bassist for The Cyrkle. > Al Martino (2009) – Age 82. Singer/entertainer. > "General" Norman Johnson (2010) – lung cancer. Age 69. Chairmen Of The > Board. > > October 13 album releases – > Herbie Hancock – Head Hunters (1973) > AC/DC – If You Want Blood You’ve Got It (1978) > Billy Joel – 52nd Street (1978) > Sting - …Nothing Like The Sun (1987) > Prince - (1992) > > October 13 events – > 1939 – Harry James and his band records “On A Little Street In > Singapore” for Columbia Records. > 1953 – Tony Bennett records “Stranger In Paradise” at CBS Studios in > New York City. > 1957 – The Ford Motor Company sponsors The Edsel Show on CBS-TV, > featuring Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby, Rosemary Clooney and The Four > Preps all singing the praises of the new Ford Edsel. > 1958 – The Everly Brothers record “Problems” at RCA Studios in > Nashville. > 1962 – Don Everly collapses from exhaustion during rehearsals at > London's Prince of Wales Theatre for The Everly Brothers' upcoming > tour of the UK. Brother Phil continues the tour alone. > 1963 – Beatlemania begins in earnest when The Beatles perform at the > London Palladium. 15 million people tune in to watch their performance > on ITV’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium. > 1963 – Lesley Gore sings a medley of her songs on The Ed Sullivan > Show. Also on the show is Tony Bennett. > 1965 – The Who record “My Generation.” > 1965 – The Beatles record “Drive My Car.” The session is the first to > go past midnight, which, in coming years, will become the norm. > 1968 - The Supremes' Florence Ballard gives birth to premature twin > daughters, Michelle and Nicole. > 1968 – John Lennon records “Julia:” the last song recorded for The > Beatles double album. > 1968 – The Beach Boys appear on The Ed Sullivan Show, performing “Do > It Again” and “Good Vibrations.” > 1970 – Janis Joplin's cremated ashes are scattered from an airplane > into the Pacific Ocean at Stinson Beach in California. > 1975 – Neil Young undergoes throat surgery in Los Angeles to remove a > growth from his vocal cords. > 1990 – Bob Dylan performs at West Point Military Academy, and sings > his scathing anti-war "Masters Of War," and several cadets turn his > protest song "Blowin' In The Wind" into a singalong. > 1998 – Eric Clapton opens his Crossroads detox center in Antigua. > 1999 – BBC radio DJ Johnny Walker is convicted of possessing cocaine > and fined £2,000. Walker was set up by The News Of The World who > filmed the DJ taking the drug in a London hotel. > 2000 – UK newspaper The Mirror reports that Toni Braxton pulled out of > this years U.S. Mobo Awards after one of her breast implants popped. > 2000 – The Eagles' Don Henley is sued by a fan who claims the singer > bashed her on the head with maracas after she tried to take his > picture at a concert in Arkansas. > 2001 – Merle Haggard, who has a history of heart disease, cancels the > remainder of his U.S. tour after complaining of tightness in his > chest. > 2002 – The UK rock band Muse sues Celine Dion after she announces her > forthcoming Las Vegas show will be called “Muse.” The band’s singer, > Matt Bellamy, said, “We don't want anyone to think we're Celine Dion's > backing band.” > 2004 – The Internal Revenue Service charges Isley Brothers’ Ronald > Isley with five counts of tax evasion for failing to report income > from 1997-2002. > 2006 – Chicago mayor Richard M. Daley declares the day as "Diddy Day" > in honor of Sean “P. Diddy” Combs' charity work. > 2008 – In a video message on his website, Ringo Starr announces that > he no longer has time to sign autographs and asks fans not to send him > any mail at all. "No more fan mail and no objects to be signed. > Nothing." > 2010 – Hollies' singer Graham Nash is appointed an Officer of the > Order of the British Empire at Buckingham Palace. >
